Based on my childhood memories of the Fresno County Fair, there are worse places you could try to recruit porn stars than a county fair, and that seems to have been the thought process of one particularly enterprising and unsubtle alleged porn producer in Alameda County recently, who got busted trying to recruit a 16-year-old. Oops.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 34-year-old Aaron Gimbert Sunday after undercover officers say he passed out business cards to teenagers. KTVU spoke with the mother and daughter who reported the solicitation to authorities.

The TV report says they “nabbed him in a sting operation.” That’s impressive work, Sheriffs. It must take a real supercop to find a pervert at a county fair.

While Carrie Blake turned to get water with her son Saturday, a man approached her 16-year-old daughter.

They said he handed Justice a card that says “Big Pimpin Inc. Be a Star.” The card also offered a signing bonus for an 18th birthday contract.

It does sort of undercut any claims of running a legit business when your company’s name is an overt reference to prostitution.

“He like asked if I was 18 and I was like no I’m 16, and he kind of thought about it, and he was like call me when you turn 18,” said Justice.

Not to play perv’s advocate here, but isn’t that essentially what military recruiters do?

The county’s sexual assault felony enforcement team investigated the alleged situation. They saw Gimbert hand out several more cards and he’s now in custody, according to authorities with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

Justice said Gimbert was wearing a fair employee shirt. Fair management says he’s not a full time fair employee, which are given background checks.

“He said I’d be a good porn star, that makes me just feel sick,” said Justice. [KTVU]

Oh, I don’t know, Justice. You’re hanging out at the county fair, you say “like” so much they included it in a news transcript, and you’re named after a common noun. I’m not exactly getting a definitely-not-going-to-become-a-porn-star vibe just yet. In any case, impersonating a county fair employee is a crime we take very seriously around these parts and I hope they throw the book at this son of a bitch. No one cheapens what it means to be a carney and gets away with it.

When you set an arbitrary rule for “this is old enough to be sexual,” shouldn’t we reward the people that go “Call me AFTER you turn that arbitrary age”? Aren’t they the ones that are actually listening and following the rules?

“Not to play perv’s advocate here, but isn’t that essentially what military recruiters do?”

That is not a fair comparison Vince…

One is a person stacks the deck in the favor of the recruiter by giving them the ability to lie to their new recruits. Then once they have been recruited they spend most of their time doing stuff that leaves the vast majority of people woefully under prepared to the business world. Which leaves them few choices either re-up and or become a freelance “professional”

Yeah they are set for life after getting out of porn. Great industry to ensure your future is bright.

Regarding the alleged practices by some recruiters I was lucky enough to have one that actually looked out my future so they aren’t all bad. But they certainly aren’t as good as pervs looking for young porn talent at the country fair with regards to your future endeavors.

The sheriff said, “We were aware of his activities from day one but we didn’t arrest him until someone complained because he also runs the cotton candy machine. I’m talking both red and blue. So you can see our hesitation in this case. Besides everyone in Holler county knows that girl is a huge slut.”

…”I mean obviously, I’d be like top tier, then crossover to mainstream acting like my hero Sasha Grey, who’s signed poster is hanging on the wall in my room. You wanna see it, it’s on at the other end of the trailer.”

Mr. Gimbert’s big mistake was trying this in California. You see, he’d previously been working the country fair circuits in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, etc., and if you don’t sign up the girls by the age of 14, chances are they’re going to have 2 or 3 kids by the time they’re 18. And then they’re no good for porn. Or for anything, really, let’s be honest.